[Rainer]

Just a short comment on the layout of the two portraits:



I like the Jose portrait. Would you cut it in the middle, you would have a

very traditional (but somewhat boring) portrait. As is, it moves the head out

of the middle and the eyes near to one of the "rule-of-thirds-points". Also,

Jose establishes a sort of contact with the viewer (by the direct look of

her eyes).



The Simone portrait is (in my eyes) somewhat the opposite ...

The head is nearly centric (which makes this one a bit boring), but

Simone looks out of the picture on the "short side" ... thereby, her look

doesn't occupy the larger amount of empty space on the right ...

which leave the beholder asking himself what the space is meant for.

Eventually a bit of cropping could help this picture. A real boost would come

from "something" on the left side that Simone is looking at.



But that is just my opinion and the beauty as in the eye of the beholder ...

... Rainer.